Cuspidor.



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GEORGE LAIIVIER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CUSPIDOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 3, 1910. Serial No.

Patented July 12, 1910.

To all 'whom t may. concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE LAIMER, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuspidors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to cuspidors, and the object of my invention is to provide a cuspidor with positive and reliable means for closing the outlet opening thereof, when the cuspidor is accidentally tilted or upset.

I attain the above object by a cuspidor consisting of a. shell, a pan mounted upon said shell and having a central opening, a funnel-shaped mouthpiece adapted to retain the pan upon said shell, and a closure plate slidably mounted between said funnelshaped mouth-piece and said pan and adapted to shift when the cuspidor is upset and prevent the contents thereof from being spilled.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof can be varied or changed without departing from the spirit of the appended claims.

In the drawings :*Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the cuspidor. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cuspidor partly broken away and partly in section, showing the closure plate thereof in a shifted position. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the funnel-shaped mouthpiece. Fig. 4 is a plan of the pan adapted to form part of the cuspidor, and Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of a detached closure plate.

In the accompanying drawings the reference numeral 1 denotes a cylindrical shell having the walls 2 thereof exteriorly screw threaded, as at 3.

4 denotes a pan adapted to rest upon the upper edges of the side walls 2 of the shell 1, said pan having a central opening 5.

6 denotes a funnel-shaped mouth-piece having the vertical walls 7 thereof interiorly screw threaded, whereby the funnel-shaped mouth-piece can be detachably connected to the walls 2 of the shell l. The funnelshaped mouth-piece 6 is provided with a horizontal partition 8 adapted .to engage the upper edges of the pan 4 and retain said pan in position upon the upper edges of the shell 1. The central part of the partition 8 is formed integral with the lower edges of the inclined walls 9 of the funnelshaped mouth piece, these inclined walls at the converging point thereof being provided with an opening 10 adapted to vertically aline with the opening 5. The partition 8 is provided with a plurality of openings l1 to reduce the weight and cost of the funnel-shaped mouth-piece.

12 denotes a circular closure plate slidably mounted between the partition 8 and the pan 4, said closure plate being held in engagement with the under side of thepartition 8 by a plurality of anti-friction balls 13, said balls being movably mounted in seats or sockets 14 provided therefor in the plate 12. The closure plate 12 is provided with a central opening 15 adapted to register with the opening 10.

When the cuspidor is accidentally tilted or upset, the closure plate l2 is shifted to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, and is limited in its movement by the walls of the pan 4. With the plate in a shifted position the contents of the cuspidor cannot pass through the opening 10 of the funnel-shaped mouthpiece G, and should the contents pass through the opening 15 into the annular space between the walls 7 and 9 of the mouth-piece, immediately upon the cuspidor being placed in an upright position, the contents will again enter the shell 1.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new is:

l. A cuspidor comprising a cylindrical shell having the vertical walls thereof eX- teriorly screw threaded, a pan adapted to rest upon the upper edges of said shell, said pan having a central opening formed therein, a funnel-shaped mouth-piece screwed upon said shell, a horizontal partition carried by said mouth-piece and having the central portion thereof formed integral with the inclined walls of said mouth-piece, the converging point of said inclined walls terminating in a vertical opening adapted to vertically aline with the opening of said pan, and a closure plate slidably mounted between said partition and said pan and vertically aline with the opening of said having an opening formed therein adapted pan, a closure plate slidaloly mounted loeto register With the last mentioned opening. tween said partition and said pan and hav- 2. A cuspidor comprising acylindrical ing M1 OPQnlng formed theffn adapted, t0 5 Shell having the Vertioei Walls thereof eX- i register -with .the lastmentioned opening, teriorly screw threaded, a pan adapted to i md ntlflltlol bans adapted t0 SUPPOY regt upon the upper edges of Said Shell3 Said Said closnre plate against the under side of pan having a central opening formed there- Sld PZUQUOIL in, a funuelehaped mouthpieoe Serewed In testimony whereof aiiix my signature 10 upon said shell, a horizontal partition car- 111 the PTQSGHCQ 0f tW0 WltlleSSeS- ried by said mouth-piece and having the GEORGE LAIMER central portion thereof formed integral with the inclined Walls of said mouth-piece, the VitnesseS:

converging point of said inclined Walls ter- A. H. RABSAG, i

K. H. BUTLER.

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